CVE-2024-52965

published 2025-07-08

CVE-2024-52965: A missing critical step in authentication vulnerability [CWE-304] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.5, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10…

Priority P3 48 high 7.2 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR H UI N S U C H I H A H

A missing critical step in authentication vulnerability [CWE-304] in Fortinet FortiOS version 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.5, 7.2.0 through 7.2.10, and before 7.0.16 & FortiProxy version 7.6.0 through 7.6.1, 7.4.0 through 7.4.8, 7.2.0 through 7.2.13 and before 7.0.20 allows an API-user using api-key + PKI user certificate authentication to login even if the certificate is invalid.

Affected

20 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
fortinet	fortinet	—	—
fortinet	fortios	—	—
fortinet	fortios	—	—
fortinet	fortios	—	—
fortinet	fortios	>= 7.0.1 < 7.0.17	7.0.17
fortinet	fortios	7.0.1 – 7.0.16	—
fortinet	fortios	>= 7.2.0 < 7.2.11	7.2.11
fortinet	fortios	7.2.0 – 7.2.10	—
fortinet	fortios	>= 7.4.0 < 7.4.6	7.4.6
fortinet	fortios	7.4.0 – 7.4.5	—
fortinet	fortios	7.6.0 – 7.6.1	—
fortinet	fortiproxy	—	—
fortinet	fortiproxy	>= 7.0.0 < 7.0.21	7.0.21
fortinet	fortiproxy	7.0.0 – 7.0.20	—
fortinet	fortiproxy	>= 7.2.0 < 7.2.14	7.2.14
fortinet	fortiproxy	7.2.0 – 7.2.13	—
fortinet	fortiproxy	>= 7.4.0 < 7.4.9	7.4.9
fortinet	fortiproxy	7.4.0 – 7.4.8	—
fortinet	fortiproxy	>= 7.6.0 < 7.6.2	7.6.2
fortinet	fortiproxy	7.6.0 – 7.6.1	—

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CWE-304